raffish
adjective
mildly or sometimes engagingly disreputable or nonconformist.
raffishness
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a word derived from
raffish.
Example Sentences
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There are moments in some of his performances in which a bullfighter’s raffishness shines through.
From New York Times ● Oct. 9, 2018
Lapo's Wardrobe by Gucci brings Elkann's devil-may-care raffishness to menswear and accessories.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2014
But while those places have lost their Johnny-come-lately airs, Kuala Lumpur retains its charming frontier-town raffishness.
From New York Times ● May 16, 2011
What he was instead was himself, gravitas and raffishness combined, always a winning combination in Paris.
From Time Magazine Archive
They belong to the half smart set, eager to conceal beneath a show of raffishness their plentiful lack of intellect and their fundamental bourgeois respectability.
From The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel by William John Locke
